WO1995013369A1 - PROCEDE PERMETTANT L'IDENTIFICATION SIMULTANEE D'ARNm D'EXPRESSION DIFFERENTIELLE ET LA MESURE DE CONCENTRATIONS RELATIVES - Google Patents

PROCEDE PERMETTANT L'IDENTIFICATION SIMULTANEE D'ARNm D'EXPRESSION DIFFERENTIELLE ET LA MESURE DE CONCENTRATIONS RELATIVES Download PDF

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WO1995013369A1
WO1995013369A1 PCT/US1994/013041 US9413041W WO9513369A1 WO 1995013369 A1 WO1995013369 A1 WO 1995013369A1 US 9413041 W US9413041 W US 9413041W WO 9513369 A1 WO9513369 A1 WO 9513369A1
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  • This invention is directed to methods for simultaneous identification of differentially expressed mRNAs, as well as measurements of their relative concentrations.
  • RNA complexity studies analog measurements (measurements in bulk) based on observations of mixed populations of RNA molecules with different specificities in abundances.
  • analog measurements measured in bulk
  • RNA complexity studies were distorted by hidden complications of the fact that the molecules in each tissue that make up most of its mRNA mass comprise only a small fraction of its total complexity.
  • cDNA cloning allowed digital measurements (i.e., sequence- specific measurements on individual species) to be made; hence, more recent concepts about mRNA expression are based upon actual observations of individual RNA species.
  • RNA complexity measurements Brain, liver, and kidney are the mammalian tissues that have been most extensively studied by analog RNA complexity measurements. The lowest estimates of complexity are those of Hastie and Bishop (N.D. Hastie & J. B. Bishop, "The Expression of Three Abundance Classes of Messenger RNA in Mouse Tissues," Cell 9:761-774 (1976) ) , who suggested that 26xl0 6 nucleotides of the 3xl0 9 base pair rodent genome were expressed in brain, 23xl0 6 in liver, and 22xl0 6 in kidney, with nearly complete overlap in RNA sets. This indicates a very minimal number of tissue-specific mRNAs.
  • mRNA lengths have been corroborated more recently from the length of brain mRNA whose sequences have been determined (J.G. Sutcliffe, "mRNA in the Mammalian Central Nervous System, " Annu. Rev. Neurosci. 11:157-198 (1988)) .
  • the l-2xl0 8 nucleotide complexity and 5000-nucleotide average mRNA length calculates to an estimated 30,000 mRNAs expressed in the brain, of which about 2/3 are not detected in liver or kidney. Brain apparently accounts for a considerable portion of the tissue-specific genes of mammals. Most brain mRNAs are expressed at low concentration.
  • the pattern of bands amplified from the two cDNAs was similar, with the intensities of about 80% of the bands being indistinguishable. Some of the bands were more intense in one or the other of the PCR samples; a few were detected in only one of the two samples.
  • mismatched priming must be highly reproducible under different laboratory conditions using different PCR machines, with he resulting slight variation in reaction conditions.
  • this is a drawback of building a database from data obtained by the Liang & Pardee differential display method.
  • this method comprises:
  • anchor primers each including: (i) a tract of from 7 to 40 T residues; (ii) a site for cleavage by a restriction endonuclease that recognizes more than six bases, the site for cleavage being located to the 5' -side of the tract of T residues; (iii) a stuffer segment of from 4 to 40 nucleotides, the stuffer segment being located to the 5 '-side of the site for cleavage by the restriction endonuclease; and (iv) phasing residues -V-N located at the 3' end of each of the anchor primers, wherein V is a deoxyribonucleotide selected from the group consisting of A, C, and G; and N is a deoxyribonucleotide selected from the group consisting of A, C, G, and T, the mixture including anchor primers
  • cRNA preparation into sixteen subpools and transcribing first-strand cDNA from each subpool, using a thermostable reverse transcriptase and one of sixteen primers whose 3 ' -terminus is -N-N, wherein N is one of the four deoxyribonucleotides A, C, G, or T, the primer being at least 15 nucleotides in length, corresponding in sequence to the 3 ' -end of the bacteriophage-specific promoter, and extending across into at least the first two nucleotides of the cRNA, the mixture including all possibilities for the 3 ' -terminal two nucleotides;
  • the anchor primers each have 18 T residues in the tract of T residues, and the stuffer segment of the anchor primers is 14 residues in length.
  • a suitable sequence for the stuffer segment is A-A-C-T-G- G-A-A-G-A-A-T-T-C (SEQ ID NO: 1) .
  • suitable anchor primers have the sequence A-A-C-T-G-G-A-A-G-A-A-T- T-C-G-C-G-G-C-C-G-C-A-G-G-A-A-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-V-N (SEQ ID NO: 2) .
  • the bacteriophage-specific promoter is selected from the group consisting of T3 promoter and T7 promoter. Most typically, it is the T3 promoter.
  • the sixteen primers for priming of transcription of cDNA from cRNA have the sequence A-G-G- T-C-G-A-C-G-G-T-A-T-C-G-G-N-N (SEQ ID NO: 3) .
  • the vector can be the plasmid pBC SK + cleaved with Clal and NotI, in which case the 3 ' -primer in step (6) can be G-A-A-C-A-A-A-A-A-G-C-T-G-G-A-G-C-T-C-C-.A-C-C-G- C (SEQ ID NO: 4) .
  • the first restriction endonuclease recognizing a four-nucleotide sequence is typically Mspl; alternatively, it can be Ta ⁇ l or HinPlI .
  • the restriction endonuclease cleaving at a single site in each of the mixture of anchor primers is typically NotI.
  • the mRNA population has been enriched for polyadenylated mRNA species.
  • a typical host cell is a strain of Escherichia coli.
  • the step of generating linearized fragments of the cloned inserts typically comprises: (a) dividing the plasmid containing the insert into two fractions, a first fraction cleaved with the restriction endonuclease Xhol and a second fraction cleaved with the restriction endonuclease Sail;
  • the step of resolving the polymerase chain reaction amplified fragments by electrophoresis comprises electrophoresis of the fragments on at least two gels.
  • the method can further comprise determining the sequence of the 3 ' -end of at least one of the mRNAs, such as by:
  • Another aspect of the invention is a method of simultaneous sequence-specific identification of mRNAs corresponding to members of an antisense cRNA pool representing the 3 '-ends of a population of mRNAs, the antisense cRNAs that are members of the antisense cRNA pool being terminated at their 5 ' -end with a primer sequence corresponding to a bacteriophage-specific vector and at their 3 ' -end with a sequence corresponding in sequence to a sequence of the vector.
  • the method comprises; (1) dividing the members of the antisense cRNA pool into sixteen subpools and transcribing first-strand cDNA from each subpool, using a thermostable reverse transcriptase and one of sixteen primers whose 3 ' - terminus is -N-N, wherein N is one of the four deoxyribonucleotides A, C, G, or T, the primer being at least 15 nucleotides in length, corresponding in sequence to the 3 '-end of the bacteriophage-specific promoter, and extending across into at least the first two nucleotides of the cRNA, the mixture including all possibilities for the 3 '-terminal two nucleotides; (2) using the product of transcription in each of the sixteen subpools as a template for a polymerase chain reaction with a 3 ' -primer that corresponds in sequence to a sequence vector adjoining the site of insertion of the cDNA sample in the vector and a 5 ' - primer selected from the group consisting of
  • Yet another aspect of the present invention is a method for detecting a change in the pattern of mRNA expression in a tissue associated with a physiological or pathological change. This method comprises the steps of:
  • the comparison is typically made in adjacent lanes .
  • the tissue can be derived from the central nervous system or from particular structures within the central nervous system.
  • the tissue can alternatively be derived from another organ or organ system.
  • Another aspect of the present invention is a method of screening for a side effect of a drug.
  • the method can comprise the steps of :
  • the drug to be screened can be a drug affecting the central nervous system, such as an antidepressant, a neuroleptic, a tranquilizer, an anticonvulsant, a monoamine oxidase inhibitor, or a stimulant.
  • the drug can be another class of drug such as an anti-parkinsonism agent, a skeletal muscle relaxant, an analgesic, a local anesthetic, a cholinergic, an antispasmodic, a steroid, or a non- steroidal anti-inflammatory drug.
  • Another aspect of the present invention is panels of primers and degenerate mixtures of primers suitable for the practice of the present invention. These include:
  • a panel of primers comprising 16 primers of the sequence A-G-G-T-C-G-A-C-G-G-T-A-T-C-G-G-N-N (SEQ ID NO: 3), wherein N is one of the four deoxyribonucleotides A, C, G, or T;
  • a panel of primers comprising 64 primers of the sequences A-G-G-T-C-G-A-C-G-G-T-A-T-C-G-G-N-N-N (SEQ ID NO; 5) , wherein N is one of the four deoxyribonucleotides A, C, G, or T;
  • a panel of primers comprising 256 primers of the sequences A-G-G-T-C-G-A-C-G-G-T-A-T-C-G-G-N-N-N (SEQ ID NO: 6) , wherein N is one of the four deoxyribonucleotides A, C, G, or T; and
  • a panel of primers comprising 12 primers of the sequences A-A-C-T-G-G-A-A-G-A-A-T-T-C-G-C-G-G-C-C- G-C-A-G-G-A-A-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-V-N
  • V is a deoxyribonucleotide selected from the group consisting of A, C, and G
  • N is a deoxyribonucleotide selected from the group consisting of A, C, G, and T;
  • a degenerate mixture of primers comprising a mixture of 12 primers of the sequences A-A-C-T-G-G-A-A- G-A-A-T-T-C-G-C-G-G-C-C-G-C-A-G-G-A-A-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-V-N (SEQ ID NO: 2) , wherein V is a deoxyribonucleotide selected from the group consisting of A, C, and G; and N is a deoxyribonucleotide selected from the group consisting of A, C, G, and T, each of the 12 primers being present in about an equimolar quantity.
  • Figure 1 is a diagrammatic depiction of the method of the present invention showing the various stages of priming, cleavage, cloning and amplification; and Figure 2 is an autoradiogram of a gel showing the result of performing the method of the present invention using several 5 ' -primers in the PCR step corresponding to known sequences of brain mRNAs and using liver and brain mRNA as starting material.
  • this method has a number of applications in drug screening, the study of physiological and pathological conditions, and genomic mapping. These applications will be discussed below.
  • a method according to the present invention based on the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) technique, provides means for visualization of nearly every mRNA expressed by a tissue as a distinct band on a gel whose intensity corresponds roughly to the concentration of the mRNA.
  • the method is based on the observation that virtually all mRNAs conclude with a 3 ' -poly (A) tail but does not rely on the specificity of primer binding to the tail.
  • the method comprises: (1) preparing double-stranded cDNAs from a mRNA population using a mixture of 12 anchor primers, the anchor primers each including: (i) a tract of from 7 to 40 T residues; (ii) a site for cleavage by a restriction endonuclease that recognizes more than six bases, the site for cleavage being located to the 5 '-side of the tract of T residues; (iii) a stuffer segment of from 4 to 40 nucleotides, the stuffer segment being located to the 5 '-side of the site for cleavage by the restriction endonuclease; and (iv) phasing residues -V-N located at the 3' end of each of the anchor primers, wherein V is a deoxyribonucleotide selected from the group consisting of A, C, and G; and N is a deoxyribonucleotide selected from the group consisting of A, C, G, and T,
  • the first step in the method is isolation or provision of a mRNA population.
  • Methods of extraction of RNA are well-known in the art and are described, for example, in J. Sambrook et al. , "Molecular Cloning: A Laboratory Manual” (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, Cold Spring Harbor, New York, 1989), vol. 1, ch. 7, “Extraction, Purification, and Analysis of Messenger RNA from Eukaryotic Cells,” incorporated herein by this reference.
  • Other isolation and extraction methods are also well-known. Typically, isolation is performed in the presence of chaotropic agents such as guanidinium chloride or guanidinium thiocyanate, although other detergents and extraction agents can alternatively be used.
  • the mRNA is isolated from the total extracted RNA by chromatography over oligo(dT) -cellulose or other chromatographic media that have the capacity to bind the polyadenylated 3 ' -portion of mRNA molecules.
  • total RNA can be used. However, it is generally preferred to isolate poly(A) + RNA.
  • Double-stranded cDNAs are then prepared from the mRNA population using a mixture of twelve anchor primers to initiate reverse transcription.
  • the anchor primers each include: (i) a tract of from 7 to 40 T residues; (ii) a site for cleavage by a restriction endonuclease that recognizes more than six bases, the site for cleavage being located to the 5'-side of the tract of T residues; (iii) a stuffer segment of from 4 to 40 nucleotides, the stuffer segment being located to the 5 ' -side of the site for cleavage by the restriction endonuclease; and (iv) phasing residues -V-N located at the 3' end of each of the anchor primers, wherein V is a deoxyribonucleotide selected from the group consisting of A, C, and G; and N is a deoxyribonucleotide selected from the group consisting of A, C, G, and T.
  • the anchor primers each have 18 T residues in the tract of T residues, and the stuffer segment of the anchor primers is 14 residues in length.
  • a suitable sequence of the stuffer segment is A-A-C-T-G- G-A-A-G-A-A-T-T-C (SEQ ID NO: 1) .
  • the site for cleavage by a restriction endonuclease that recognizes more than six bases is the NotI cleavage site.
  • a preferred set of anchor primers has the sequence A-A-C-.
  • One member of this mixture of twelve anchor primers initiates synthesis at a fixed position at the 3 ' -end of all copies of each mRNA species in the sample, thereby defining a 3 ' -end point for each species.
  • This reaction is carried out under conditions for the preparation of double-stranded cDNA from mRNA that are well-known in the art. Such techniques are described, for example, in Volume 2 of J. Sambrook et al. , "Molecular Cloning: A Laboratory Manual”, entitled “Construction and Analysis of cDNA Libraries.” Typically, reverse transcriptase from avian myeloblastosis virus is used.
  • the cDNA sample is cleaved with two restriction endonucleases.
  • the first restriction endonuclease is an endonuclease that recognizes a 4-nucleotide sequence. This typically cleaves at multiple sites in most cDNAs.
  • the second restriction endonuclease cleaves at a single site within each member of the mixture of anchor primers.
  • the first restriction endonuclease is Mspl and the second restriction endonuclease is NotI.
  • the enzyme Not does not cleave within most cDNAs.
  • the first restriction endonuclease can be Ta I or HinPlI.
  • the use of the latter two restriction endonucleases can detect rare mRNAs that are not cleaved by Mspl .
  • the first restriction endonuclease generates a 5 ' -overhang compatible for cloning into the desired vector, as discussed below. This cloning, for the pBC SIC vector, is into the Clal site, as discussed below.
  • the cDNA sample cleaved with the first and second restriction endonucleases is then inserted into a vector.
  • a suitable vector is the plasmid pBC SK + that has been cleaved with the restriction endonucleases Clal and NotI.
  • the vector contains a bacteriophage-specific promoter.
  • the promoter is a T3 promoter or a T7 promoter.
  • a preferred promoter is bacteriophage T3 promoter.
  • the cleaved cDNA is inserted into the promoter in an orientation that is antisense with respect to the bacteriophage-specific promoter.
  • the vector into which the cleaved DNA has been inserted is then used to transform a suitable host cell that can be efficiently transformed or transfected by the vector containing the insert.
  • suitable host cells for cloning are described, for example, in Sambrook et al. , "Molecular Cloning: A Laboratory Manual," supra.
  • the host cell is prokaryotic.
  • a particularly suitable host cell is a strain of E. coli.
  • a suitable E. coli strain is MC1061.
  • a small aliquot is also used to transform E. coli strain XLl-Blue so that the percentage of clones with inserts is determined from the relative percentages of blue and white colonies on X- gal plates. Only libraries with in excess of 5x10 s recombinants are typically acceptable.
  • Plasmid preparations are then made from each of the cDNA libraries.
  • Linearized fragments are then generated by digestion with at least one restriction endonuclease that is different from the first and second restriction endonucleases discussed above.
  • an aliquot of each of the cloned inserts is divided into two pools, one of which is cleaved with Xhol and the second with Sail.
  • the pools of linearized plasmids are combined, mixed, then divided into thirds.
  • the thirds are digested with HindiII, BamHI, and EcoRI . This procedure is followed because, in order to generate antisense transcripts of the inserts with T3 RNA polymerase, the template must first be cleaved with a restriction endonuclease that cuts within flanking sequences but not within the inserts themselves.
  • each cRNA sample is contaminated to a different extent with transcripts from insertless plasmids, which could lead to variability in the efficiency of the later polymerase chain reactions for different samples because of differential competition for primers.
  • the next step is a generation of a cRNA preparation of antisense cRNA transcripts. This is performed by incubation of the linearized fragments with an RNA polymerase capable of initiating transcription from the bacteriophage-specific promoter.
  • an RNA polymerase capable of initiating transcription from the bacteriophage-specific promoter.
  • the promoter is a T3 promoter, and the polymerase is therefore T3 RNA polymerase.
  • the polymerase is incubated with the linearized fragments and the four ribonucleoside triphosphates under conditions suitable for synthesis.
  • RNA preparation is then divided into sixteen subpools.
  • First-strand cDNA is then transcribed from each subpool, using a thermostable reverse transcriptase and a primer as described below.
  • a preferred transcriptase is the recombinant reverse transcriptase from Thermus thermophilus. known as rTth, available from Perkin-Elmer (Norwalk, CT) . This enzyme is also known as an RNA-dependent DNA polymerase. With this reverse transcriptase, annealing is performed at 60°C, and the transcription reaction at 70°C. This promotes high fidelity complementarity between the primer and the cRNA.
  • the primer used is one of the sixteen primers whose 3 ' -terminus is -N-N, wherein N is one of the four deoxyribonucleotides A, C, G, or T, the primer being at least 15 nucleotides in length, corresponding in sequence to the 3 ' -end of the bacteriophage-specific promoter, and extending across into at least the first two nucleotides of the cRNA.
  • the primers typically have the sequence A-G-G-T-C-G-A-C-G-G-T-A-T-C-G-G-N-N (SEQ ID NO: 3) .
  • the next step is the use of the product of transcription in each of the sixteen subpools as a template for a polymerase chain reaction with primers as described below to produce polymerase chain reaction amplified fragments.
  • the primers used are: (a) a 3 ' -primer that corresponds in sequence to a sequence in the vector adjoining the site of insertion of the cDNA sample in the vector; and (b) a 5 ' -primer selected from the group consisting of: (i) the primer from which first-strand cDNA was made for that subpool; (ii) the primer from which the first-strand cDNA was made for that subpool extended at its 3 ' -terminus by an additional residue -N, where N can be any of A, C, G, or T; and (iii) the primer used for the synthesis of first-strand cDNA for that subpool extended at its 3 ' -terminus by two additional residues -N-N, wherein N can be any of A, C, G, or T.
  • a suitable 3 ' -primer is G-A-A-C-A-A-A- A-A-G-C-T-G-G-A-G-C-T-C-C-A-C-C-G-C (SEQ ID NO: 4) .
  • suitable 5 ' -primers have the sequences A-G-G-T- C-G-A-C-G-G-T-A-T-C-G-G-N-N (SEQ ID NO: 3) , A-G-G-T-C-G- A-C-G-G-T-A-T-C-G-G-N-N-N (SEQ ID NO: 5), or A-G-G-T-C-G- A-C-G-G-T-A-T-C-G-G-N-N-N (SEQ ID NO: 6) .
  • PCR is performed in the presence of
  • the high temperature annealing step minimizes artifactual mispriming by the 5 ' -primer at its 3 ' -end and promotes high fidelity copying.
  • the PCR amplification can be carried out in the presence of a 32 P-labeled deoxyribonucleoside triphosphate, such as [ 32 P]dCTP.
  • a 32 P-labeled deoxyribonucleoside triphosphate such as [ 32 P]dCTP.
  • the polymerase chain reaction amplified fragments are then resolved by electrophoresis to display bands representing the 3 '-ends of mRNAs present in the sample.
  • Electrophoretic techniques for resolving PCR amplified fragments are well-understood in the art and need not be further recited here.
  • the corresponding products are resolved in denaturing DNA sequencing gels and visualized by autoradiography.
  • the gels are run so that the first 140 base pairs run off their bottom, since vector-related sequences increase the length of the cDNAs by 140 base pairs. This number can vary if other vector systems are employed, and the appropriate electrophoresis conditions so that vector-related sequences run off the bottom of the gels can be determined from a consideration of the sequences of the vector involved.
  • each reaction is run on a separate denaturing gel, so that at least two gels are used.
  • the cDNA libraries produced from each of the mRNA samples contain copies of the extreme 3 '-ends from the most distal site for Mspl to the beginning of the poly(A) tail of all poly(A) + mRNAs in the starting RNA sample approximately according to the initial relative concentrations of the mRNAs. Because both ends of the inserts for each species are exactly defined by sequence, their lengths are uniform for each species allowing their later visualization as discrete bands on a gel, regardless of the tissue source of the mRNA.
  • the second reverse transcription step subdivides each cRNA sample into sixteen subpools, utilizing a primer that anneals to the sequences derived from pBC SK + but extends across the CGG of the non- regenerated Mspl site and including two nucleotides (-N- N) of the insert. This step segregates the starting population of potentially 50,000 to 100,000 mRNAs into sixteen subpools of approximately 3,000 to 6,000 members each.
  • those pools are further segregated by division into four or sixteen subsubpools by using progressively longer 5 ' - primers containing three or four nucleotides of the insert.
  • the steps of the process beginning with dividing the cRNA preparation into sixteen subpools and transcribing first-strand cDNA from each subpool can be performed separately as a method of simultaneous sequence-specific identification of mRNAs corresponding to members of an antisense cRNA pool representing the 3 ' - ends of a population of mRNAs.
  • this method comprises:
  • determining the pattern of mRNA expression in the second sample of the tissue by performing the method of simultaneous sequence-specific identification of mRNAs corresponding to members of an antisense cRNA pool representing the 3 ' -ends of a population of mRNAs as described above to generate a second display of bands representing the 3 ' -ends of mRNAs present in the second sample; and (5) comparing the first and second displays to determine the effect of the physiological or pathological change on the pattern of mRNA expression in the tissue.
  • the comparison is made in adjacent lanes of a single gel.
  • the tissue can be derived from the central nervous system.
  • it can be derived from a structure within the central nervous system that is the retina, cerebral cortex, olfactory bulb, thalamus, hypothalamus, anterior pituitary, posterior pituitary, hippocampus, nucleus accumbens, amygdala, striatum, cerebellum, brain stem, suprachiasmatic nucleus, or spinal cord.
  • the physiological or pathological change can be any of Alzheimer's disease, parkinsonism, ischemia, alcohol addiction, drug addiction, schizophrenia, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, multiple sclerosis, depression, and bipolar manic-depressive disorder.
  • the method of the present invention can be used to study circadian variation, aging, or long-term potentiation, the latter affecting the hippocampus. Additionally, particularly with reference to mRNA species occurring in particular structures within the central nervous system, the method can be used to study brain regions that are known to be involved in complex behaviors, such as learning and memory, emotion, drug addiction, glutamate neurotoxicity, feeding behavior, olfaction, viral infection, vision, and movement disorders .
  • This method can also be used to study the results of the administration of drugs and/or toxins to an individual by comparing the mRNA pattern of a tissue before and after the administration of the drug or toxin. Results of electroshock therapy can also be studied.
  • the tissue can be from an organ or organ system that includes the cardiovascular system, the pulmonary system, the digestive system, the peripheral nervous system, the liver, the kidney, skeletal muscle, and the reproductive system, or from any other organ or organ system of the body.
  • mRNA patterns can be studied from liver, heart, kidney, or skeletal muscle.
  • samples can be taken at various times so as to discover a circadian effect of mRNA expression.
  • this method can ascribe particular mRNA species to involvement in particular patterns of function or malfunction.
  • the antisense cRNA pool representing the 3'- ends of mRNAs can be generated by steps (1) - (4) of the method as described above in Section I .
  • the mRNA resolution method of the present invention can be used as part of a method of screening for a side effect of a drug.
  • a method of screening for a side effect of a drug comprises:
  • determining the pattern of mRNA expression in the second sample of the tissue by performing the method of simultaneous sequence-specific identification of mRNAs corresponding to members of an antisense cRNA pool representing the 3 ' -ends of a population of mRNAs, as described above, to generate a second display of bands representing the 3 ' -ends of mRNAs present in the second sample; and (5) comparing the first and second displays in order to detect the presence of mRNA species whose expression is not affected by the known compound but is affected by the drug to be screened, thereby indicating a difference in action of the drug to be screened and the known compound and thus a side effect.
  • this method can be used for drugs affecting the central nervous system, such as antidepressants, neuroleptics, tranquilizers, anticonvulsants, monoamine oxidase inhibitors, and stimulants.
  • this method can in fact be used for any drug that may affect mRNA expression in a particular tissue.
  • the effect on mRNA expression of anti-parkinsonism agents, skeletal muscle relaxants, analgesics, local anesthetics, cholinergics, antispasmodics, steroids, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, antiviral agents, or any other drug capable of affecting mRNA expression can be studied, and the effect determined in a particular tissue or structure.
  • a further application of the method of the present invention is in obtaining the sequence of the 3 ' - ends of mRNA species that are displayed.
  • a method of obtaining the sequence comprises:
  • the cDNA that has been excised can be amplified with the primers previously used in the PCR step.
  • the cDNA can then be cloned into pCR II (Invitrogen, San Diego, CA) by TA cloning and ligation into the vector.
  • Minipreps of the DNA can then be produced by standard techniques from subclones and a portion denatured and split into two aliquots for automated sequencing by the dideoxy chain termination method of Sanger.
  • a commercially available sequencer can be used, such as a ABI sequencer, for automated sequencing. This will allow the determination of complementary sequences for most cDNAs studied, in the length range of 50-500 bp, across the entire length of the fragment.
  • ORFs open reading frames
  • the cDNA sequences obtained can then be used to design primer pairs for semiquantitative PCR to confirm tissue expression patterns. Selected products can also be used to isolate full-length cDNA clones for further analysis. Primer pairs can be used for SSCP-PCR (single strand conformation polymorphism-PCR) amplification of genomic DNA. For example, such amplification can be carried out from a panel of interspecific backcross mice to determine linkage of each PCR product to markers already linked. This can result in the mapping of new genes and can serve as a resource for identifying candidates for mapped mouse mutant loci and homologous human disease genes.
  • SSCP-PCR single strand conformation polymorphism-PCR
  • SSCP-PCR uses synthetic oligonucleotide primers that amplify, via PCR, a small (100-200 bp) segment.
  • synthetic oligonucleotide primers that amplify, via PCR, a small (100-200 bp) segment.
  • the excised fragments of cDNA can be radiolabeled by techniques well-known in the art for use in probing a northern blot or for in situ hybridization to verify mRNA distribution and to learn the size and prevalence of the corresponding full-length mRNA.
  • the probe can also be used to screen a cDNA library to isolate clones for more reliable and complete sequence determination.
  • the labeled probes can also be used for any other purpose, such as studying in vitro expression.
  • Another aspect of the present invention is panels and degenerate mixtures of primers suitable for the practice of the present invention. These include:
  • N is one of the four deoxyribonucleotides
  • N is one of the four deoxyribonucleotides A, C, G, or T;
  • a panel of primers comprising 256 primers of the sequences A-G-G-T-C-G-A-C-G-G-T-A-T-C-G-G-N-N-N-N-N-N
  • N is one of the four deoxyribonucleotides A, C, G, or T;
  • the invention is illustrated by the following Example.
  • the Example is for illustrative purposes only and is not intended to limit the invention.
  • the band corresponding to NSE a relatively prevalent mRNA species, appeared in all of the brain samples but not in the liver samples, but was not observed when any of the last three single nucleotides within the four-base 3 ' -terminal sequence -N-N-N-N was changed in the synthetic 5 '-primer.
  • NSE a relatively prevalent mRNA species
  • the intensity of the autoradiographic signal was roughly proportional to mRNA prevalence, and mRNAs with concentrations of one part in 10 5 or greater of the poly(A) + RNA were routinely visible, with the occasional problem that cDNAs that migrated close to more intense bands were obscured.
  • FIG. 2 A sample of the data is shown in Figure 2.
  • cortex cRNA was substrate for reverse transcription with the primer A-G-G-T-C-G-A- C-G-G-T-A-T-C-G-G-N-N (SEQ ID NO: 3) where -N-N is -C-T (primer 118) , -G-T (primer 116) or -C-G (primer 106) .
  • the PCR amplification used primers A-G-G-T-C-G-A-C-G-G-T- A-T-C-G-G-N-N-N-N (SEQ ID NO: 6) where -N-N-N-N is -C-T- A-C (primer 128) , -C-T-G-A (primer 127) , -C-T-G-C (primer 111) , -G-T-G-C (primer 134) , and -C-G-G-C (primer 130) , as indicated in Figure 2.
  • Primers 118 and 111 match the sequence of the two and four nucleotides, respectively, downstream from the Mspl site located the nearest the 3'- end of the NSE mRNA sequence.
  • Primer 127 is mismatched with the NSE sequence in the last (-1) position, primer 128 in the next-to-last (-2) position, primers 106 and 130 in the -3 position, and primers 116 and 134 in the -4 position.
  • Primer 134 extended two nucleotides further upstream than the others shown here, hence its PCR products are two nucleotides longer relative to the products in other lanes.
  • the 118-111 primer set was used again on separate cortex (CX) and liver (LV) cRNAs.
  • the cortex pattern was identical to that in lane 118-111, demonstrating reproducibility.
  • the liver pattern differed from CX in the majority of species.
  • the asterisk indicates the position of the NSE product.
  • Analogous primer sets detected RC3 and somatostatin (somat) products (asterisks) in CX but not LV lanes. The relative band intensities of a given PCR product can be compared within lanes using the same primer set, but not different sets.
  • This example demonstrates the feasibility and reproducibility of the method of the present invention and its ability to resolve different mRNAs. It further demonstrates that prevalence of particular mRNA species can be estimated from the intensity of the autoradiographic signal.
  • the assay allows mRNAs present in both high and low prevalence to be detected simultaneously.
  • ADVANTAGES OF THE PRESENT INVENTION The present method can be used to identify genes whose expression is altered during neuronal development, in models of plasticity and regeneration, in response to chemical or electrophysiological challenges such as neurotoxicity and long-term potentiation, and in response to behavioral, viral, drug/alcohol paradigms, the occurrence of cell death or apoptosis, aging, pathological conditions, and other conditions affecting mRNA expression.
  • the method is particularly useful for studying gene expression in the nervous system,it is not limited to the nervous system and can be used to study mRNA expression in any tissue.
  • the method allows the visualization of nearly every mRNA expressed by a tissue as a distinct band on a gel whose intensity corresponds roughly to the concentration of the mRNA.
  • the method has the advantage that it does not depend on potentially irreproducible mismatched random priming, so that it provides a high degree of accuracy and reproducibility. Moreover, it reduces the complications and imprecision generated by the presence of concurrent bands of different length resulting from the same mRNA species as the result of different priming events. In methods using random priming, such concurrent bands can occur and are more likely to occur for mRNA species of high prevalence. In the present method, such concurrent bands are avoided.
  • the method provides sequence-specific information about the mRNA species and can be used to generate primers, probes, and other specific sequences.
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Un procédé amélioré pour l'identification simultanée spécifique des séquences des ARNm dans une population d'ARNm permet la visualisation de presque tous les ARNm exprimés par un tissu sous la forme de bandes distinctes sur un gel, l'intensité de ces bandes correspondant approximativement à la concentration de chaque ARNm. En règle générale, ce procédé comprend la formation d'ADNc à l'aide d'amorces d'ancrage destinées à la fixation d'une terminaison 3', la production d'inserts clonés à partir de l'ADNc dans un vecteur contenant un promoteur spécifique des bactériophages pour la synthèse ultérieure de l'ARN, la génération de fragments linéarisés des inserts clonés, la préparation de l'ARNc, la transcription de l'ADNc à partir de l'ARNc à l'aide d'une série d'amorces, et la réalisation de la réaction en chaîne de la polymérase à l'aide d'une amorce 3' dont la séquence est dérivée du vecteur et d'une série d'amorces 5' dérivée des amorces utilisées pour la transcription de l'ADNc à partir de l'ARNc. Ce procédé permet d'identifier les modifications de l'expression des ARNm associées à l'administration de médicaments ou à des états physiologiques ou pathologiques.
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